Wooden barn and shed.



- No. 854,514. 7 PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

I M. VON MAY & G. WERKENTHIN.

WOODEN BARN AND SHED. APPLICATION FILED NOV.20,1906.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT Enron,

WOODEN BARN AND SHED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed Nove b 20, 1906. Serial No. 344,221.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MoEITz VON MAY, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and CARL VVER- KENTHIN, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, and both residing at Nettelbeckstrasse 5, Berlin W. 62, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Barns and Sheds, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in wooden barns or sheds which have the advantage as compared with other similar buildings that the uprights of the sheds can be quickly and easily erected and held in a suspended position without contacting with the ground. In this manner the bases of the uprights do not come in contact with the wet ground, so that the lower ends of the wooden posts are prevented from rotting. In order to attain this object iron supports of suitable cross-section are inserted in a pedestal or socle which is for the most part sunk into the ground, the upper end of said supports projecting suih ciently far from the socle. The two iron supports are stayed by crossed bars connected with the same inside the socle. The lower ends of the supports, as well as the crossed bars, are completely embedded in the con crete base- The uprights hang on screwbolts between these two props or supports, the screw-bolts being inserted from the sides through the two iron supports and the upright. There are also suitable pieces of wood placed on the screw-bolts between the wood uprights and the iron supports, by means of which pieces of wood an intimate connection between the wood uprights and the iron supports is obtained.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawing in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shed, the uprights of which are erected in the manner above described; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the lower part of the upright with the socle, iron supports and the upright; Fig. 3 is a plan of the same parts shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the piece of wood inserted between the iron supports and the wood upright.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views.

Referring to the drawings, 0 represents a base or socle which is made of cement or concrete in a cubical or cylindrical shape and is for the most part sunk into the ground. I) are the supports of iron having a suitable cross-section preferably U-shaped, but also T-shaped or L-shaped cross-sections may be employed. The two iron supports are fitted into holes of the base at a suitable distancefrom one another. The great Weight which is on the supports makes it necessary to stay the iron supports which tend to become bent. For this purpose the two supports are connected with one another at their lower ends by rods or rails c or the like arranged crosswise. These rails are fastened by screws cl to the one support with the one end and to the other support with the other end. The crossed rails c are likewise embedded in the material used for the base.

The supports 1) are provided at different heights with holes 6 and which are drilled in pairs at the same level in the web of the iron supports. The holes a andf are adapted to receive the screw-bolts g and h and for joining the wood upright p with the iron supports 1). These wooden uprights p which have to carry the roof of the barn (Fig. 1) are provided at their lower end with holes 11 and 1c which run horizontally, 'L. a. parallel to the base of the upright, and are bored at a distance from one another which is equal to that separating the holes 6 and f drilled in the supports. The distance of the iron supports I) from one another is greater than the diameter of the upright 19 at the part of the same which is placed between the supports. The intermediate space between the periphery of the upright and the inner surfaces of the iron supports 1) is filled up by blocks or pieces of wood Z (see Fig. 4:).

The blocks of wood Z which are represented in perspective in Fig. 4 are rectangular in shape and are hollowed out on the surface which lies against the wooden upright corresponding to the cylindrical outer surface of the wooden upright. They are bored through in the center and the hole m penetrates the hollowed surface Z The separate parts are fitted together as follows: After the wooden uprights phave been placed in a reclining position with the lower end between the iron supports 1), a screw-bolt which is provided at one end with a head 9 and at the other end with a screwthread g is inserted with its screwed end through the upper hole 6 of the one support. A piece of wood Z is then pushed on the screwedend g projecting inward, in such a manner that the plane surface Z of the piece of wood Z is directed against the inner surface of the support and the opposite curved surface Z faces the wooden upright. The timber is then raised so far that the upper boring i in the wooden upright comes to the same height as the screw-bolt 9. When this is the case the screw-bolt g is pushed through the hole i in the wooden upright and still further through the hole m of the second piece of wood Z lying against the periphery of the upright. As soon as the screw-bolt g has also been pushed through the hole 11 of the seconds upport, a nut 0 is screwed on to its screwed end. But this nut is only screwed on so far as is necessary in order to prevent the screw-bolt g sliding back again. The reclining upright is now rotated round the l screw-bolt g and placed in the vertical position. In this position the wooden upright is parallel with the supports 7). The lower holes f of the supports are situated in one horizontal line with the boring 7c of the upright. Two more wooden pieces are then inserted between the power part of the wooden upright and the supports so far that the holes m of these blocks of wood Z fall into line with the holes f and 7c. A second screw-bolt h is then pushed through the holes f, m, k and held by a nut 0 screwed on to the same. After the screw-bolt has been put into both iron supports a bearer may be inserted between the bottom of the upright and the base and may be secured in any suitable manner, for example by means of bolts, to the uprights. In this condition no firm connection exists between the upright and the iron supports, because a certain amount of play must exist between the pieces of wood Z and the supports 6 when erecting the upright, so that the erection may be effected without friction.

In consequence of the loose connection between the wooden upright and the iron supports, the entire load of the wooden upright itself with that of the part of the roof resting on it rests on the two screw-bolts g, h. These must now be relieved of weight. This is effected by the nuts 0 being screwed on to the bolts 9 until the wooden upright with the pieces of wood Z arranged at both sides of the same have been firmly clamped between the supports, in such a manner that the wooden upright p and supports b form one whole on account of the inserted pieces of wood Z, so that the weight of the upright together with the load resting thereon is transmitted directly to the iron supports 6. The screwbolts 9 and h thus serve, after the building is finished, to maintain the compression between the supports and the wooden uprights situated between the same. Thus the screwbolts are only subjected to tension, but not to pressure. Of course the nuts 0 may be prevented from coming off the screw-bolts by screwing lock-nuts on the same.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

The combination, with a base, of parallel upright supports extending therefrom, an upright interposed between said supports and having its lower end spaced upwardly from said base, filling-pieces interposed between each of said supports and said upright, bolts passing through said supports, said fillling pieces and said uprights, and nuts threaded on said bolts and clamping said upright between said supports, said bolts being relieved from the weight of said upright, and such weight transferred to said supports, by the frictional contact between said fillingpieces and said upright.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

MORITZ VON MAY. CARL WERKENTHIN. Witnesses:

HENRY HAsPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

